On 01/13/2013 11:31 PM, David Nereson wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 2:01 PM, John Formsma <formsma at gmail.com <mailto:formsma at gmail.com>> wrote: > > Me too...mostly. Strip muting is always faster for me. I do occasionally like to tune with two mutes. But the > piano has to already be very close in tune for that to work well. > > That's right. And most people's pianos are not, because they let them go too long. I'd say a good 2/3 to 3/4 of > the pianos I tune, maybe more, need a pitch raise first, even if it's just 5 or 10 cents. But many of them are > more like 15 to 30 cents flat. And a good percentage of them need the lost motion taken out first. > > Those two things of course use up almost the whole 2 hours allotted for the appointment, which is why there's > almost never occasion to do any fine-regulating, touchweight modification, or voicing. All these high-level piano > servicing classes offered at the conventions are great if you're working mostly for concert-level artists or even > university piano professors, but "in the trenches" of real-world tuning for Mr. or Ms. average piano owner in the > suburbs, there's almost never an opportunity to use that level of knowledge. Or the owners just don't have the funds > or see the need for it at their beginner or amateur level of playing. (, all of which doesn't have anything to do > with strip mutes, of course; just doing some minor venting here....) > --David Nereson, RPT > > Now, I don't want to start another "do or don't" war.....however, since 99% of my customers are like the ones David is talking about - I don't see the - need - to become an RPT. Just stating - and - no further commentary is wanted. Duaine -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ - Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding (314) 838-5587 / dahechler at att.net / www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com Home & Business user of Linux - 12 years
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